Thu 8 Oct · 6:30pm
The Book Club -At The Foot of The Cherry Tree - by Alli Parker
The Currambine Bar and Bistro (Function Room) · Currambine
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Are you a book-lover looking for a monthly social event? YES!
Join your hosts Emma and Clare for a fun evening edition of our successful “The Book Club” events.
Our bookclub series is the perfect chance to connect with your local community and is proudly supported by City of Joondalup and is perfect for a midweek outing — open to everyone 18 to 108!
If you enjoy reading and meeting new people The Book Club is a great opportunity for engaging conversation, laughter and new connections. Come on your own, with friends or with your existing book club members and enjoy an evening themed around the Book of the Month.
📖 Octobers Book Choice: At The Foot of The Cherry Tree by Alli Parker
Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history.When Gordon arrives in Japan, he expects ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he finds Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and all the odds, they fall in love. But when Gordon discovers the White Australia Policy prevents Cherry coming home with him as his war bride, he does what any 20-year-old soldier would do. He vows to fight. Leaving Cherry alone and pregnant in post-war Japan, Gordon has to convince his family to…
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